Ride - Castle On The Hill guitar chord

Castle On the Hill by RIDE

An outstanding ballad from what was sadly the final offering of a really great band.

Chords: Song is played with capo on 2nd Fret and all chords are shown here relative to shape and not pitch.

D: xx0232

D/A: x00230

G: 355433

Gm: 355333

A: x02220

A*: 577655

Verse 1 ( Capo 2nd Fret )

D D/A

The Kings been in his bedroom for weeks

D G

In exile from the world, he never speaks

Gm D

The Queen is in the counting house, her fingers in the till

A A*

Something is happening to the castle on the hill

Verse 2

D D/A

The jesters telling jokes to everyone

D G

Sayin "now he's gone, well ain't it fun"

Gm D

There's whispers in the courtroom, is he crazy is he ill?

A A*

Nobody has an answer but they keep on asking still

Chorus

G D

And a friend of mine, one of the few

A G D

Has locked himself away like Howard Hughes

G D

They're trying to replace him but they know they never will

A G A G D

And it ain't the same with out him, in the castle on the hill

I cant remember the exact words for Verse 3 but the guitar part is the same, the break in the middle has a really easy lead part but i can't be bothered to TAB that now so you'll have to listen to the CD and work it out for ones self. Enjoy..